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ft? r . " , Foreign KteUigemie."- INTER "EPTE D LETTER. J 'ROM WRD VUUAM BiNTJCRtO EARL A-1 T- -rrtotmsT, &e &e. ... J. Secret and tcflvatej Lt.:.l.:.- lin. . . . -' ' I have the honor to enclose the copy of a letttr v from Madame If urat to Napoleon Bonapne, in lerceoted bv the Russian, and tent to rn e bv Mr, listoD. tft Wa Written, at the time when I-pro . vposed to make ao attack upon Italy. '' Tfelt great Satisfaction in this document from the justification which I trust it will afford in your lordship s Opinion to the measure which I bad a' the time in contemplation. , It proves, I think r -I-t kL '1.. '. '' ' P A- l . completely, tuc. justice pi me grounas upon , which that expedition was projected. It proves. 'that in the kingdom of Naples at least, there was at the time( a very inconsiderable force : - that there existed in the country considerable agita ,' , ctioo ; that the government were apprehensive of the ejects even of demonstration only, upon the minds of the people of the capital, and that they Jtrere in general not tranquil as to their situation. It is my belief that the projected attack would ''f-y have been successful that if successful, the whole of Italy, would have been reserved from the Yoke of France, and. that the most effectual di vis on would have ncea made hi favor of Spain audRassia. ' . ' , : .tt had been previously decided, by his majs , - --:,sitle aid to Spain. ' Your lordship approved my : P, final determination to send the expedition to its v qrtgnai aesunauoo . ' , ' . - 4 ; i. TV'' ; - x s ' . ' '5. AiJ Mi 'V bf tone. aa! ws4 rt I I !-vtt - " . " 1 r 1. - t ' v ''jjJm. i . rs Common p rauer juuwi y j v uajivuu, luaiour tileandrica, and had been Jched by. ,f r v ig.if!Lklm Ati ed W haVc. somti' communication i -4 Its own means would supply theanti pt the ar ; z .. 'L.CwVi ivi government before ther nroceed niv without "anr'additlohal aid inetecte, the want of which fcohtrscts ouf .operations 7 in Spain and elsewhere. Its people are brave and tniafecablc und have been well and long habituated to order and obtiJiencft. IThere iwoaldembarrasv ment with any existing fjqvernment, whicinias been one great cause of the misfortunes ol Spain; In Italjr ail political arrangements might be man ageJ as might eem beit for the common cause. The south of Italy appearatbe most aesiraoie Vhe whole force ot Sicily couw lOThus sailh-the-Low -unto tbti pcopic. Thua have the loved to wander, they refrained :their feet,aherefo'rrthe Loan doth no accept them ; he wiU.now,rinucr aaltyrand visit thelf'sins-"------ II. Then said the L,obd unto roe Pray not for this people for ttotr good. , v v , 12. When they Fatt I will not heaf their cry; and when they offer burnt offerings and an obla tion. I will not accent them : l wmcwrauui? point ot attach tne wnoie rorocoioicy wwij 7r i l, l: f,min,-' and bv be emnloved without danger to the island. Na-: them by the sword, and by tht famine ana Dy pies, possessed of a good national army, is rftady pestilence. . . ,, forme.6 your hand Your force is at once! IS. Thenaid I, Ah U Gon VoW ne.rlf rfoubledand it would be piacticable to finfihtu say untd them. Ye shall net see tkea u : -rr.. r htPn an i neither sh ill ve have limine ; put 4vnue. and 40,000 men to the north of ltalyyour Hum-: M l A'8 Z11" nrn, her and oor resorces dairv: increaainar. .V ll- Thefc the Loan said unto me, the pro V always struck me that there was tnts great vn prupny ii" m u - ---"--- -fffrttnee in favor of an operation from hincein not, neither have I commanded them, neitner U1 ministry vt6r the Emperor. But suspicion alone 01 r jotify k reXusal to trea. lfrmust bs w. thxat if our Ministers wished to learn wKT Emperor of Russia was, Gottenburg 0r friendly port jwas to be preferred. . The Ncm"1' .might have cUed at C6penhagen,from ni ? lyibut her remaining there fourteen days., know, and how, much longer we know not) i r- r" ulsRlMt . We feac that nothing will result from the d' siaa Mediation tending to produce peace. 'i ' ; ' Mroik hdgci Kbtic'e. tfifrrence in favor oFan operation Italy, in preference to Spain In th- f rrn$r we can at once act as principal. - Wc are from th beginning equal to the enemy, and with pmper management could fight him with -'advun'agc. In the latter we can only b liytiliariw.- In so shake unto them : . thev prophesy anto you a fahe vision and divination and a thing nought, and TUB DECEIT Or THEIR HEART. 15 Therefore thus saith ths Lord concerning ttie prophets that prophesy in. my namcf and I v Mt w i a ' ' ooen a countrvt aeaiost so great a supcrioilty ot ; 5eni in'-r" noi Y1 incr BdJ " cavalry, we cannot take the fielr unlen protected bylTBritih or Spanish armr Lord Wellington is too distant. The Spanish army are at present ; shall not be in this land By swtrra and fa mine shall those Profihei be consumed, &c- . HW0 ye authors of rac unheceisary an unjust, good for nothing. O-dess, therefore, the firmer : wcked, and .especiau v as u rem -s io nc hi shall have suchjuccess as will put him in pos.' nocem Canadians J a cruet warnejrm trcra session of the centre of .he Peninsula, or the farce ble '. THUIH. ; and condition of the former shall vcy much im p. S. The above extracts are so well adapted prove, it seems to me difficult for our corns rfe- to the, case, and are so much heart-searching barked from hrnce to take th- field wkh effect, truths, that unless you t Mr. Editor, will look at In fact, this had been the result. It has hitherto been confine! to Alicant, by ft force very superi or to its own number. , I think, also, that in such an undertaking great the original, and Vouch for the accuracy of the copy, your readers those I mean who are notJ well acquainted with thtJ Bible may think that thev have been composed for the occasion It is toy duty now to state, that in mv iudg- ment the situation of Italy and of Naples, is in v j finitely more favorable to attack than even in last year. We have intelligence that the corps of ob ; .servation Of dtrenier is very much reduced ; thai tbe .force in Calabria his been diminished, and thatthe discontent K the same. kCppears that every eitertion is making by, Italy as well as by'rniht hat; great effect on the" French armies, corrected by the originals, every part of Euiopey subject to France, to re jThe ar h duke Francis is admirably calculated- ' ' . cruu tte armies in the nortn lne success of toe a leader He is sensible and maaageabkr itossun arms, ana the sunefings ot the t rench Vafmies cannot fail to have added to the dingus. advantage might be derived frwfl thearh duke rJ7 The extracts, quoted in the preceding Francis, and the D'lfce of Orleans. If Bona communication as a part of the Service assigned pirte's fortune begs n to" fail, the presence of a by the Protestant Episcopal Church for the nintk Fy.ch prince of the blood", and of nn able mart, dy of September, h jve been compared with, and THOSE gentlemeft who . have kindly m taken the collection of my debts in fexent counties' jn ihis tate,' will enJeavoJ! apd at a!l events to make some return to tne "members of the nevt General Assembly ; WILLIAM BOYLAW Raleigh, Sept. 10, 1813 3t. ' - State of North-Carolina. Treasury Ofice, ist Sept. 18 y I AHE Sheiiffind pihcr Revenue Officer ol ibe-Suteifci X aM, will bear in mind, tbafTEe lime oi' accouaCT the Public Taxes ai jmylng them into the T easurv is nl h).d It it confidently bpped and expected that ih, tM ot tht law in tbn regaid will be punrtually and liwralk pliH with; and indeed the acknowledged worth anj j?! IfaitHlulness of theofficen concerned furnih ihe bert mmv gr-'Uhds of teliauce, that neither failure nor delay w ill U(kep 1 on the p?rt ol'any of them ; but that the account uf $ L, be finally balanced and ciied at the Treasury OiBceoaot J fore the first dav of October next. I h iMii.u k , r - wuiiia, JOiiN HAYWOOD rAMMfUVlPP PUAlTMrifV .nd surrounded.by "ery able men. ; , j Ukv-.nfr nn h:Rthiw1 rrn;s,.. we thjnv:t Austria would be probably nendly ; bu it he due b fc h . amQunt . ttia .v.mi nation nrl nartVulul-ltf' th. I jtiat.c 1 . T u iiu' .w .Ua Ji. UUC III 11UW! lO IOC tldlo UlCCXaC. BulUUIll Ot. ills that every nation and pa.-tcuiaiiy the l.ahaf KOvernmrnt w not, I should hope w th the dis. , a- ao . . .. Kn(K rLL.K tnnfeel .- eliAiate Bn.U'ttle rono-enial in their Z--.:.: ' .1 r ,.;npa lorce, as well as that of the enemy, both of which Stato of North Carolina. ROvVAN COUNTY. iasj Equity, Term, I8ij. must feel in a climate so little congenial to their feelings, and m a cause so entirely unconnected V?ith their interests. W hile such is the state 6f Itsjy eft position in Sicily continues, though ioivly ,to in:proye. The hostile party is reduced in numbers and in power- The. constitution is beim.tag to 'tak'.i efiF'Xt in S cily,"Snd thia exam ple of the Successful establishment of liberty must form an advantageous contast between the benefits uf french and British alliance, and must animate other countms with the desire and hopes ijf obtaining tht same blessings. . ii is corpus toremaiK, in this tetter trora Ma djime Mutat, the immense force burnished bv Na Jtfes, frorn whence a judgment may bs formed of the resources draVn hy ikidaparte from his Itali an Dominions, a ao nor imagine, oat 'inciumng Caiabita, there axe in the kingdom of. Naples 6ve 30,cob men. ; I teg leavts to observe, thd i am nirely repre. '"$cntihg tor the information of his marsitvTnm- , iitersjtbst which I consider to be practicable, if the disposal force in tht Mediterranean couh be? so approjninted by the state Of Spain of Lord Wtllington's plans, whether the presence of the corps cVtachi d from hence Alicant is dispcna bfe, id'enabli himi either to resume offensive 0 - pe rations, or to malftltain the deence of Portugal. 0f aft tie circtimstancesi in "short, upon which - sui.h:a cjutstion must immediately depend, I am tr.ially in'orancj of thse and of the rt lative od Vahtafie of; the ipDlication of our forced Lord 1 Wellington must be the best and-onfy- judge I tMi send to bis ordstdp a copy of this disputeh j : It aorieara to me. that the state of Euronaf. - fortjs a wellfoiinJed hope, that the destruction of Bonaparte may be accorn plished. - '. It is at the same tifne'cleafj that the efforts al ready made, fete hot sufficient and'cannit be,.so. Jlussia has Indeed been successful, but her sue. c-ss has been of a negatrve kind. She-has had Uie disadvantage in all her battles with the French vrhm" (Ailf met: Bonaparte has been beat by the cjM and famine, hot by the Russian arms Hlid Rusuia on the contrary, defeated the French Jn her first engagements; and1 driven jier back to he Oder,: as a conquering e'eemy," then the downfall might have been produced by JRassia. ar.rt "by the rest of Germany that woolcT hive - t'i'nrA hfr tttanrlard. Rut ! strifte me t5i.it Tin. a. nas nearly cumc 10 in term 01 nerarivrvages ovr Uonapaite. ' She has not- the mens of car tying in an bfiVtisiv war against France v i'h oui mont:y,iiiti rrcai nny luusi 'Sodsisc upon ' tlJv cmfry. Snd. with the new and poor Jfjomposi . tion of he;or3crs, witb the plpderingjiabi's' of tn vlnlVjlbfirprt settee must be a curje' to the . ovtiTry. and nusi create general disgust. Aus rVh u in my opinion the only ( pfuvet- in Europe ; that U!9 science ard experience rwcessary to car ry n an cfjensive ; war againsj j'rance. If she int t,t nrtm !.if T)iiLsl.'' v.irr'Mea mirKt K arrtncijt ered as ctrtein. The. great power of Russia, is in mv ju(!f?m'tt Uferisiveonly. Tht bril'iant ; socceise of Spain, '0 doubt, hve opeiatetl as a rcostpowerrnl'divtrston for ' ii8a'.--.n' oviMjur appearing .unwijiing 10 a 5 lndo;r 'it for "tne' prrsefytj:." th'e;'ccupatipn of so iyire" French fwcemujU contribute essential'y to, -li (rreat otjtct , in viej- ' Uut such must be the reduced State pf Spain, her country exhaus (. hfr ff nftiiU'PS 5l?inrod4;;cliJp her ffnvftCnrncn t V rtiatiaVeut lck, 'that ttrc it not for the Individual - prt-'-ettceof LorJ Wcirgtifr), and for the effect of hi wonderful iiifluchcej atid abiUtres, even'.her liheraion u-oiiUf be considered as almost despe ..' r ';e i-nd iwnpoiMe. ' ':V"7V, ' ''i : - 3" 1 It'sjcems mceiwary, tberetorft, that a .greater p-rt of'thcpopt'lation of-hurvpe;' should? be lnou'ht into '.hu 6rt agaitit ' tb;'i" common ene tji'Pi Italy-is i.ihit uistiurntnT laly is ripe for i Iftiv (ffirsvriiTunerftbie facmtit'a.Ibruch an H'TfriFaWngv-l epot.seast s sjao ost-s igorous sy s . .... f .77i,..mri tit uImpIi it H'nTilfl A he Ulf L ' i 1 v 1 ' , ' , . ..... ficuJtt to cgaiiuwe in snlef m bring tilth's7 Ye. nf kai. hnnsu that hf-r hnntilitv tvnillr! mi.a! I '. I f "v! """w ' " - AMERICAN! Sy)ADROIf. rJ' success .ii In short, mv opinion is, that th employment of this force io Italy would make the greatest possible diversion tor the common cause. Italy might not be conquered. France wuld pi o'lably devote her whole means to prevent the independence and alienation of sr great a portion of her terri'oris and of our resources, to avert the fatal effects. of her example upon the coui tries with which 3he is in immediate contact. But for this purpose as the Russian army must be opposed, Spain; at least, mus he abandoned"; and I should be glad to ak, virhat safety there would be for Bonaparte, if the passage of the Py renees were open to a srreat and victorious army under the command of an officer to whom Spain has already owed he Independence. I inclose herewith tha memoir Oi a merchant of respectability, and of property, who has been in the north of Itally, and has tstablishments in various towns.v He is known tor countr Latour. rle offers to convey anv person I may choose to send to verify the truth of his assertions, or to stxid off persons from the different towns to corn municateAvith me if I should prefer it I am, my Iword, Yfir most obedient v Humble servant. , . IV. BENTItK. Corvette ship Gen. Pike, ' ship Madison, brig Onedia, Schooners Sylph, Gov. Tompkins, Conqijest, Ontario, l.ddy of the Lskt 23 guns 24 iv 16 i 2 Q 1 1 0 guns Miscellaneous. ' TKtr fast. ; , From the Philadelphia D. JJoerUaer. Mr. Editor In the Psalm appointed to be read in the Protestant Episcopal! mi Churches, cn :he ninth day of the month, (which will be the Faxt Day.) I find the following verses, addressed did this witndwl take place ? to AL.tnGHTY GOD. Total, TWs is every gun our squadron had mounted ai tne time it saueu. britihh s oit adroit. . Ships, Gen. Wolfe, 27 guns, Koyal George, 24 Brig Earl Moira, 18 A new brig, 18 9chrs'. Prince Regent, 16 Sir S Smith, 14 Growler, ' 3 . Julia, 2 TotiS 122 guns. mori THK ALTlMORE VF.OEK At. GAZETTE. To Mr, John Graham Chief Clerk in the office of tne ot-etrtary of dtate, SIR, s you have volunteered your services and information to the public, to prevent a fraud f om being practised upon thern in order to enf hie a Motive American to come at the while rrtt'ATTwill you be pleased to answer, the follow ing qn-stions? 1 : : I . Ai TtA r time was General Turreau's letter withdrawn from the office of State ? 2. r t whose instance and pressing solicitation - THR KINTH DAT, MORNING PRAYER. , Psalm xiv. 10. Rut now thou art far off, and puttest us to confusion ; and goes not forth with our ar. mies U. Thou makest us to turn "our backs upon our enemies, so that they which hate us spoil'oui good?." ' " , - - , 12- Txhou lettest us he eaten up like sheep, and hast scattered us, among th.e heathen." 13. Thou seflest tie people for naught and askest no money for them. U. Thou meicest us to be rebuked of our neighbours, to bt laughed to scorn, and had in derision of them thatjare round about us. 1 5. Thou makes? us. to a a ty cword amone the heathen, and that the people shake theiH heaus at us.- 16- My confusion is daily before me, and the nhameof mv fare hth covered me t 8tc. I '-ould give Mr. Madison credit for choosing thointh, d y of the m-mrn for his Fast, if I could suppose rhs had tbusntendtd tQudelineate. the progress' of votir foolish and wicked War. in due humiliation before the altar "of GOO i But it is not to be supposed, that the authors of a War, occasioned by the suppression of truth, and he promulgation of falsehood, would thus depict the judgments of Heaven, which are so justly merited. Neithercan it be supposed-that while thev "were prophecying, that all Canada would be looked into t,r.bmissi)h, on the first appearance of Mu'l's Proclamation ; that we had only to sit do w.i to general Porter's well furnished table, ond in Uf ad of sword and famine, enjoy a War Feast in Sitfety ; aridhile they are s-ill full of rain prophecyings,- they would have choosen the ninth iay of the mon th for the Fast, if they had ko bwh that on that dsv wiTTI Tead, thtrappointed Les son from iheXI Vth Chapter of . Jeremia b( of w hich the - following is an extract j 3. At the time of the withdrawal was not Gen. Turreau at his country seat, near to this city, arid have you not " understood' that Albert Gal latin paid him a visit at his residencepin order to induce him to take back this most oSensive letter? " 4. Have y u ever understood the motives which led to the arrangement which tonk place 1 5. Did or did you not translate a letter from Turreau to Mr. Smith of the 12th DecV 1810 f eighteen months 4fter -the date of the f irmer one) containing the following insolent sentence ? "These modifications will not depend uficn the chance events ; but will be the result of other measures firth and pursued Y fitrseveranee which the two Givernments wilcontintie to adopt, to withdraw from the monopoly, and from the vexations of the Common Enemy, a commerce If. gal, ahd necessaiy to France as well as to the U nited States." 6. Do you not ex officio and onoath, translate all French communications to the Department of S:a:e f ard was the letter of the Hth Jww 1809, an official letter and translated by you in the ordinary course of business for the benefit of the Government I ' , Robert Torrance Michael Brown, et alias In this case, t appearing to the Court tit Divtd Kilpatrick one of the defendants, reside without the jurisdiction of this Court ; it is order edjhat puklication be mader three weeks suacii aiTciy in mc Kaieign ivnnerva, that the said Ua juipatncu put in his plea, answer or demurrtno the complainant's bill, within the three firs days of the next term, otherwise the same willbetkM pro contesso and heard ex parte against him. ' TEST, 10 JAMES LOCKE, cm b. Five Dollars Reward. RAN A WAY on Monday the 9th ult. fromtK subscriber, living on Buffaloe Shoalf 4 ntileij irum tne island tord, ttawba river, a negro ou named DEHRY, 'about 25 years of age, andte 6 feet high, walks very straight, has a remark ble. tear on the instep of one of his feet-it supposed n may have obtained a pass. Wb ever will anorehend and Upriiri 9ll nrrrrn in J 3il ahall receive the above reward, by lendij lULutuaiiuo to , JAMES MORRISON, Buffaloe Shoal, Iredell, BUck Smith August 27, 1813. 5 10 3ip. ... of 1 do 1 do 3 do 6 do 20 do 20 do 40 do 80 do 100 do 800 do gscoo loot .. 500 600 609 .lobe 800 " 1200 ,1000 . 4800 $ 15,500 ft 15,509 A FARMER. Daltimote County Sefit. 8, 1813. A letter from an intelligent oerson fand one having; good information In publick affairs) in London, states, that much dissatisfaction had been expressed by the British government, in conse quence of the Neptune with Messrs. Bayard and Gallatin on board, having stopped at Copenhagen, an enemy's port, and the capital of a government, ni. J. -rsn-L-. ni.'.v . . . v ; . ' . . uiiuci i.uc unusri mmisiers averj ifie ansoiute control of Bonaparte- ; It is even suggested that the British govern, ment allege tkat the passport has bee violated. We do not pretend to have any information up. on thi" subject, and bareley state what we have heard. ',' -; v...- - The Neptune arrived at CopcahigeQ od ibe 50d6lls.ea 20 dolls, esdv oi uiukitx U TBS STATS OF NOBTHXiHOHi HA.) SCHEME OF 'THE OX FORD ACADEMf Lottery , ft 8000 is 1000 : 500 200 100 SO tickets each, 50 20 15 ; lo 1072 prizes, Not two blanks 2028 blank, J to a prize. 3100 tickets at 5 dollars each, is The cash prizes subject to a deduction of fiM per cent. -, Stationary Pt ilea as Moves First 500 drawn Blanks entitled to 6 dolls, eacli First drawn Ticket, . . SOO doIls Ditto, on tne4ifi, 6th, 8th, and 10th days, Ditto, on the 12th, 14th, Tl6tb and 18th days, Ditto, on each day from the 20th tome 30th inclusive, evr.entinf . the Tickets constituting Ptlzos, 20 tickets i ne said so prizes to consist ot the un"" from 101 to 500, inclusive i each 20 of the 4 400 to be one prize, the first 20, or lowest ber for the 20th day, and so regularly Scendingt me 33th. First drawn on the 40th day, Ditto: tr 42d day, Ditto. . . 45th day, Ditto. 48th day, The Managers present the foregoing Scherj to the oublic. in" the confidence that not only v Uudable-objectof the .Lotteryr .buwht p5i ducemants held out to adventurers, will ensure fwU Ar.ffir-TirtrM. The oroportion prizes has seldom been exceeded, and tfey ) a .t., .u- nr. cintrle numbfi by having the prospect of drawing twenty otntn may calculate on his chance of obtaining three of the best prizes, for the trifitog sum ot ? The drawing Will commence on the da of Oetoher next, and h finished without flew V TH : B. LITTLEJOHN, V ' WILLIAM ROBARDS, ' - ' WILLIS LEWIS, THOMAS HUNT, wn.I.IAM M. SNEED, -TicTf at S dollars eachi for sale at the nerva Office. Dolls. Dolls, m nniig. 5 noils. m "rn!. IC-J i ?5 March 56, is K,.
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